Adventure and adventurers > Away in the wilderness, or, Life among the red Indians and fur-traders of North America

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AWAY IN THE WILDERNESS.
At first Jasper was disposed to look upon hia
young companion as a poor useless creature ; and
the Indian regarded him with undisguised con¬
tempt. But after they had been some time in
his company, the opinions of these two men of
the woods changed; for they found that the
artist was wise, and well informed on many sub¬
jects of which they were extremely ignorant; and
they beheld with deep admiration the beautiful
and life-like drawings and paintings which he
produced in rapid succession.
Such was the romantic youth who had, for the
sake of seeing and painting the wilderness, joined
himself to these rough sons of the forest, and who
now sat in the centre of the canoe swaying his
arms about and shouting with excitement as they
quickly drew near to the swimming herd of deer.
“ Keep yourself still,” said Jasper, looking over
his shoulder, “ ye’ll upset the canoe if ye go on
like that.”
“ Give me the axe, give me the axe, I’ll kill
him 1” cried Heywood.
“ Take your pencil and draw him,” observed
the hunter, with a quiet laugh. “ Now, Arrow¬
head, two good strokes of the paddle will do—
there—so.”
As he spoke the canoe glanced up alongside of
an affrighted deer, and in the twinkling of an eye
Jasper’s long knife was in its heart, and the